As a PGY1 I have a ways to go, but I was just browsing some jobs and they seem too good to be true. Particularly the high starting salaries. Lots of people talk about the bad job market. There has to be a catch with these positions right?

Austin historically has a very tight physician market. Two of my well trained pain colleagues interviewed all over Austin and were offered 200k to start...if this legit job really paid 500k they would not have to post it on gaswork.

At the same time, they don't tell you the call frequency. That's not "too good to be true"; that's simply not good at all. Sure, you could make 380 while being on call q3-4. Not only that, but please notice that it's a cardiac anesthesia job, even if it doesn't require fellowship.

At the same time, they don't tell you the call frequency. That's not "too good to be true"; that's simply not good at all. Sure, you could make 380 while being on call q3-4. Not only that, but please notice that it's a cardiac anesthesia job, even if it doesn't require fellowship.

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Adding to that, it says "unknown" regarding day off after call while having 2k+ deliveries a year....
And 4+1 weeks vaca?

At the same time, they don't tell you the call frequency. That's not "too good to be true"; that's simply not good at all. Sure, you could make 380 while being on call q3-4. Not only that, but please notice that it's a cardiac anesthesia job, even if it doesn't require fellowship.

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It was easy for me to overlook the on call numbers and get blinded by the initial salary numbers.

I bet you the Odessa job isn't that bad. You are not going to fill a job in Odessa Texas paying 380K for Q3/4 call. Dollar per hour, thats not much more than what the groups in Dallas/Houston/Austin are offering.

Somnia in El Paso (a much better city) is offering close to 500K for Q4-5 and they are still looking for people.